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Transition Protocol Enjoys Meteoric Global Popularity.

The Global Affairs News collaboration of Zulfigar Ali, Pepe Escobar and Larry Johnson, Transition Protocol, has quickly become a reliable, staple/essential source of information for thousands of serious observers across the planet

Posted by Jerry Alatalo | July 2, 2026

[Editor’s note: While watching and listening to this outstanding, very valuable presentation of Transition Protocol, my mind’s eye produced an image of actors Steve McQueen and Edgar G. Robinson from the dramatic final scene of the classic 1965 film, The Cincinnati Kid: An up-and-coming poker player (McQueen/Donald Trump-Benjamin Netanyahu) tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game (Robinson/China-Iran-Russia). Please share this information far and wide. Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments. Thank you very much. Peace.]

Transition Protocol Description: A confidential Iranian memo — hand-carried to Riyadh by Pakistan’s Mohsin Naqvi — and one word that decides what happens next: “provoked.” Pepe Escobar, Larry Johnson, and Zulfiqar Ali with what a source at the negotiating table shared just one hour before recording. Also in this episode: Qalibaf’s on-the-record refusal to negotiate until the US implements the June 17 Islamabad Memorandum · why not a single tanker has headed West in 14 days · the fuel-supply crisis Larry Johnson says forced Trump’s signature · the confirmed knockout of the Al Udeid CAOC · Hormuz fees after day 60 · Saudi Arabia’s position · and the 9-day window that opens when Khamenei’s funeral ends July 9.

0:00 Iran–US MOU: The 60-Day Clock Begins

1:06 Did Iran Damage America’s Gulf Command Structure?

3:31 Lebanon: The First Test of the Deal

6:23 Strait of Hormuz: Who Controls the Chokepoint?

8:30 Ghalibaf’s Red Lines: No New Negotiations?

13:49 Oil, Diesel, Aviation Fuel, and Trump’s Constraint

20:50 Pakistan and Qatar: The Mediators Behind the Deal

24:10 Saudi Arabia’s Quiet Role

29:59 Larry Johnson: Birth of a New Financial Order

34:48 Is US Hegemony in the Gulf Ending?

39:03 Pepe Escobar: Eurasia, Civilizational States, and the Power Shift

43:16 Transition Protocol Closing Analysis

https://youtu.be/KBdGxz9AmP4?si=vpz8XF8XTJDwt3Uu

[Editor’s note: Here is the ultimate scene from The Cincinnati Kid. The (immeasurably) high stakes poker analogy is, in my humble opinion, a perfect fit:

https://youtu.be/UI6pSkIs_tc?si=fLEFZZpdBp6A6mwc